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ASSASSIN GuITEAu,S ANATHEMA.

After the assassin Guiteau had been con-
victed and sentenced by the court to be
hanged for killing President Garfield, he
stood up in his place and pronounced a
whitening curse on every one connected
with the trial. Little was thought of it at
the time. 1t was regarded as a fitting
climax of his rawlings throughout that
remarkable case. Guiteau declared that
misfortune would attend every one con-
nected with his trial. Since then Guiteau's
curse has impressed itself upon the minds
of superstitious people by the singular
manner in which it has apparently been
fulfilled.
The Jury was composed of twelve strong
and healthy men. The foreman was in
comfortable circumstances and was esti-
mated to be worth $4,000. Within a year
after the trial he lost his money and is
now reduced to the level of q day laborer.
Four members of the jury are dead, and
nearly every n has been visited with
some kind of misfortune.
District Attorney George B. Corkhill
was removed from office, his wife died
and his own death followed before the end
of another year.
Mr.. ScoVille, Guiteau's brother-in-law,
who with Charles II. Reed defended the
DrlSOIlSl, WOo WIN WI Ho
lost all his property.
President Arthur, who refused to grant
a pardon or new trial to Guiteau, was de-
feated for denomination and slowly failed
in health, and died last winter.
Mr.: Blaine, who wa a witness against
Guiteau, was nominated for President, but
defeated.
John A. Logan, another witness. is now
deal stricken down in apparent health.
DR.. D. w. Bliss. Gartield's physician,
has been in very poor health for two years,
and it is thought he will never be a we'll
man again.
David Davis, who appeared as a witness,
has also joined the great majority.
Judge John X. Porter, of New York,
one OF the government counsel in the case,
has practically retired from the practice
of his profession.
The guards who kept watch over Gui-
teau in the Jail have nearly all lost their
positions. 49,,
Judge Cox, who presided over the trial,
lost his wife.
The downward career of Chas. H.. Reed,
of Guiteau's counsel, which eliminated IN
New York last week by his attempting to
take his own life, adds another name to
the list of victims of Guiteau's anathema:
The only conspicuous exception is found
in Walter Davidge ofthe government coun-
sci in the case. Mr.. Davidge has appar-
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TO RESTORE 4 BATTLE GROUND.

Judge David Schenck and Messrs. Julius
A.. Gray, J. w. Scott and D. w. G. Ben
bow, of Greensboro, procured a charter for
the "Guilford battle ground company"
which was ratified March 18th, 1887; and
the company was organized at Greensboro,
May 9Th, 1887. The object of this compa-
ny is to purchase 100 acres Of land in Gull
ford county on which was fought the
severest part Of the battle between the
American forces under General Nathaniel
Greene and the British forces under Lord
CORVALLIS, on the 18th day of March, 1881.
It was the hardest fought battle of the
American revolution, and more soldiers
were killed in proportion to the number
engaged than in any other. The British
lost one-third of their army; the Ameri-
cans about one-fifth. Though CORVALLIS
was captured at Yorktown the 10th day OF
October, 1881, it was at Guilford court
house that the race began. The immedi-
ate result of this victory was the evacua-
ton of North Carolina by the enemy and
the restoration of the American authority,
and in it's train, and as a necessary sequel,
followed the abandonment of South Caro-
lima and Georgia by the British and the
capture Of @Gornwafiis at Yorktown and
the peace that gave u liberty-and the
American Union.
The ground on which the battle was
fought is very little changed and every
point of interest on it can yet be located
accurately, and with little cost can be re-
stored exactly as it was in 1881. It will
cost about $4,000 to purchase and restore
the grounds.
When the grounds are redeemed, we
shall then ask congress, the legislature and
our citizens to aid in erecting suitable
monuments on the place. The company
has a force now putting the grounds in
order. and will commence building a neat
cottage for the keeper next week. They
will erect a monument, a modest granite
block, to Colonel Arthur Forbes, in a few
weeks.-Chdrlotte Chronicle.
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| N To SEED GRASS.

1t is possible for grass to do we'll from
seed soWn any month or day in the year,
yet all seasons are not equally favorable.
Nature plants the grasses chiefly in the
late summer or early autumn, soon after
the seeds are matured, and under favorable
conditions the seeds germinate and make
considerable growth the same fall. Clover
seed left to natures care is protected by its
covering of husk from terminating until
the following spring. Some of our grasses
are so hardy that they will live through
the winter under favorable conditions,
even if the seeds have scarcely more than
terminated. Cold alone will rarely kill
young timothy red top, yet if sown where
the ground is exposed to alternate freezing
and thawing, so that the plants are pulled
up and left with their roots exposed upon
the surface to freezing and drying, they
must surely perish.
Were it not for the ~depredations OF
grasshOppers and crickets, early autumn
is perhaps the best time in the year for
sowing most varieties of grass seed, the
precise time to he determined each year
by the condition of the soil and the char
acter of the weather. On rich land toe
early seeding may give too much growth
the first season. Grass roots need the
protection of their own leaves, but it will
not do to smother the plants under too
heavy a mulch of rank leaf growth. The
favorable periodis from the last of July to
the middle of September.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-10

BUTTER-MAKING, THEN AND Now
No branch of rural industry has met with
greater change in it's process during the
last twenty years than butter-making.
Then the milk was set in shallow pans
upon pantry shelves, in the cellar, or in
rare cases in a properly constructed milk
house. The dash churn was almost uni
versally in use, even when the dog-power
was employed. The process Of churning
was continued until the butter was gar
nered" in a mass, which was then lifted
from the churn to a huge wooden bowl,
and the subsequent working and sailing
were laborious and damaging to the text
ure of the product. The introduction of
improved creamers and improved churns
has changed all that. BY mean of the
former, the milk is set in deep cans, cut
off from all contact with the outside at
m%osphere and any possible odors or impu-
rites. In the modern churns the butter is
separated from the other constituents of
the cream without breaking the globules,
and the process is arrested while it is in the
granular stage. The buttermilk is easily
drawn of, and the subsequent work
ing and sailing are done in the churn. 1t
is easier and cheaper to make uniformly
good butter by the modern processes than
it was to make tolerable butter by the old
and u%nscientific method.-Americm Agri-
cuturist.
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THE CIILBREATH CASE.

The following is a brief summary OF
the celebrated case of the, lynching of o.
T. Culbreath in Edgefeld county on the
evening of the 9th of September, 1885,:
In September, 1885, William Hammond
was shot and killed in Edgefeld county,
at the residence of Mrs. Fannie Prescott
Culbreath, near Cumberland Church. On
the night Of the assassination he was
asked by Memphis Culbreath, son OF Mrs.
Culbreath, to stay at the house, as ne
(Culbreath) was going out to spend the
night. Mrs. Culbreath had been separated
from Fer husband, 0. T. Culbreath, Tor
some time. Hammond was shot in Mrs.
Culbreath's ward while he was with one of
her children, about half past eight o'clock.
At the inquest there was no evidence to
fasten the guilt upon any one and a YER
dict was accordingly rendered to the ef-
feet that the deceased had been shot by
persons unknown. On the 9th of Sep
TENDER 0. T. Culbreath was arrested on
the charge of having murdered Ham
mond. After his arrest he was taken to
Edgefield court house. At about eight
O'Clock on the night of his arrest, thirty
five masked men rode into town, entered
the Office of Gary and Evans, who had
been retained to defend Culbreath, and
where the accused was then in consulta-
ton with his attorney, and ordered the
unfortunate man to 60 with them. The
lawyers were covered with pistols Of some
of the lynchers, while others went into the
back room, where the victim had. tried to
hide himself, apd shot him. Culbreath
cried. OH: tha. ne was shot to death, and
begged them not to shoot any more. s They
thereupon took Culbreath and dragged
him out of the Office and carried him
about a mile from town, Culbreath beg
ging most ~piteously for mercy. Here,
probably thinking that Culbreath was
near Deaths door, they again shot him
three or four more times and then left him
for dead on the roadside. Some of the citi-
zens hearing the firing went out in that di-
r~ection and met Culbreath making his way
back to the village. They assisted him
to a vehicle and took him to the jail, where
he received prompt medical attention. He
fingered through the night in great agony,
and died at 5 O'clock in the morning.
This is the crime with which upwards
of thirty citizens of Edgeield are charged.
Among the prisoners is Memphis Cul-
breath, a son of the murdered man. The
murder was so aggravated that public opin-
ion demanded a rigid investigation. This
was had, with the result that the presentd de-
PENDANTS were arrested. They remained
in jail at Edgeield for a short time, and
then were bailed.
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5tlistellaueuns &eadiug.
CARL DUNDER'S STORIES.

If YOU shildren kheep shtill some more
I 20 on NIT my shtories. I like to shpeaK
NIT shildren. In a. leedle time you vhas
all grown oop und pecome men und vhom-
ans, und us oft folks vhas all in der grave
yards. 1t vhas peter dot you pegin all
right.
Now shildren, once upon a time deere
vhas a poy who tells lies. He lies init
his mother und NIT his fadder. If he
breaks something-if he loses something.
if he shteals sugar or shWeetcake he doan'
sthand oop like Sheorge Washington when
he cut dot cherry tree, but he lies aboudt
her. I like you to know dot de liar vhas
more to be despised as a tief, und dot When
he yhas in trouble nopOdy feels padt Tor
him, .,... go i....,, .
Well, dis poy, who vhas named Sho-
seph, keeps on lying for a goOdt while,
und he gets eaferybody aroundt him into
troubles. One day he goes oudt to walk
py himself, und he finds a ring in der
roadt. It vhas a gold ring, und vhas wort
ten dollar. Shoseph puts him in his pock-
ct und says he Will sell him und puy. a
pistol. He vhas going along when he
meets a leedle oldt Womans who has cry
ing NIT all her tears, und she wants to
know:
"My poy, 1 vhas in great grief. In COM
ing along dis roadt I lost a gold ring. 1t
vhas come down to me from my great
grandmother, und if l can't find him l
vhas all proke oop. Maybe you find him."
"No, 1 doan' see him." says Shoseph,
und he doan' even plush nit shame.
"You vhas sure?"
"O1, YES. [ vhas sooch a good poy dotif
1 find somebody's ring Igifhim oop right
off queck."
"Doan' you meet somebody ?" asks der
oldt womans.| w..
"Ah! yes! 1t vhas a poy like me, only
he hat on an oldt hat und vhas barefoot.
I see him shtoop down in der roadt, und [
vhas sure he finds dot ring. Poor oldt
womans but how sorry 1 vhas for you?"
"You see, shildren, dot has all a lie,
und Shoseph hat der ring all der time, like
1 told you. He laughs, ha! ha! ia! to
doan' care for der old woman's tears. Do
YOU pellet dot vhas right? You shall see
how he came oudt."
$50 my ring yhas gone! !" screams der
oldt womans. "Vhell, I pillow oafer my
finger like dot, und l wish dot ring to
turn into q serpent und pite der poy who
finds him und lies aboudt it,"
Shildren, dot vhas awful! Shust as
quick as 1 drop my hat dot gold ring vhas
a shnake, und dot shnake he bites Sho-
seph all oafer his pody! Der poy shump
und yell und call for his mother, but it
vhas no use. He vhas gone oop. In a
leedle time he falls deadt, und der poison
shwells him oop until he vhas almost too
big for a wagon. Dot vhas his sadt end.
He vhas buried in der graveyard, und
sometimes when you see der shpot eafery-
pody Will tell you dot a liar vhas buried
dere. Dot vhas all, shildren. 1t vhas
now time to go to bed, und I ask you to
took notice dot der poy who tell der truth
vhas all right.-DetrOI Free Press.
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HOW TO PREVENT BILLIOUsNESS.

Several correspondents who are afflicted
with what is termed 'Spring billiousness,"
are interested to know how it may be
prevented. Billiousness is not, as many
people suppose, a disease Of the liver, but
pertains almost altogether to the stomach.
it is chiefly the result of over-eating, eat
ing too freely of sweets, pastry, fats and
highly seasoned dishes. The cold, tonic
air of the winter months antidotes the
bad influence of these digressions in diet
in some degree; but as the warm, relax
ing weather Of spring comes on, the
stomach begins to fail more perceptibly in
its efforts to accomplish the unnecessary
and injurious labor imposed upon it. In
digestion is the result. By-and-by the
poor stomach gets so far behind in its
work that it is altogether overwhelmed
and disabled, and the difficulty culmi-
mates in a bilious attack, which is moth
ing more or less than a cessation of work
on the part of the stomach. The over
worked organ needs rest. A bilious at
tack can always be prevented by giving
the stomach rest by fasting for a meal or
two before the final crash comes. No Or
gan in the body will endure more abuse
and still patiently continue its work than
the stomach. But finally forbearance
ceases to be a virtue, and the faithful ser:
want rebels against abuse. Correct and
properly regulate the diet, and there will
be no more trouble with bilious attacks at
any season of the year.-Good Health.
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Mnmuraa1s aepaFtment.

AN AccoMMopsArIoN TRA1N.-Between
Tuscaloosa and Akron, Ala, the train
came to q sudden halt in the woods. Then
one of the passengers got off and started
hack over the track at a leisurely pace, and
pretty soon the train slowly followed him.
Several people were anxious to know
what was going on, and inquiries flew
thick and, FAST; The conductor finally
came into the car and a woman asked:
Conductor, is anything up
AaYes'm."
care We going backward"
"We are" .. @
."What has happened !"
A boy in the next car lost his hat"
"Yes,m, but don'tl let your handkerchief
blow out of the window. We are half an
hour behind time o and can't stop
again this forenoon.
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He HAD MfsGIvINGs STILL.-A drum
mer who runs his business in South Caro-
lima was in a certain neighborhood where
the crops were very fine, and where most
ofthe people were rejoicing over the pros
pect of plenty. Several of the people were
together, and one of them concluded to
call on a chronic grumbler of that section
to hear what he had to say. about the
crops. But he, too, acknowledged that
the crops were very fine, and it seemed
that even he had n complaint against
Providence. However, after acknwledg-
ing that everything was splendid, ne add
ed-"But I'm m%onstrously afraid that the
big crop has so impoverished the ground
that we shall make hardly anything next
ear.n1Greens5oro Workman. ,
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aSeleetta guetrg.
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.

She stood at the bar of justice,
A creature wan and wild,
In form too small for a woman,
In features too old for a child;
For a look SO worn and pathetic
Was stamped on her pale young face,
It seemed long years OF suffering
Must nave left that silent trace.
"Your name,' said the judge as he eyed her
With kindly look yet keen, ! ~ 49,.
'Is?-' "Marv Mcguire, if you please sir
land your age PEI I'm turned fifteen"
"Well, Mary" and then from a paper
He slowly and gravely read .,
"You are charged here-fm sorry to say 1t
With stealing three loaves of bread.
"You look not like an offender,
And I hope that you can show e..
The charge to be false. Now answer me,
Are you guilty of this or mop
a passionate burst of weeping
Was at first her sole reply,
But she dried her tears in a moment,
And looked in the Judges eye:
"I will tell you just how it was, sir;
My father and mother are dead,
And my little brothers and sisters
Were hungry and asked me for bread,
Az first I earned it for them,
By working hard all day,
Butsomehow the times were hard, sir,
And the work all fell away.
II could get no more employment;
The weather was bitter cold,
The young ones cried and sh~iyered--'
Little Johnnie's but four years old
So what was Ito do, sir? ~
1 am guilty, but do not condemn!
> Itook-oh wa it stealing?- .', o.
The bread to give to them!'
Every man in the court ROOM,
Gray beard and t%houghtless youth,
Knew, as he looked upon her, NIL
That the prisoner spoke the truth.
Out from their pockets came kerchiefs,
Out from their eyes sprung tears.
Out from old, AIDED wallets,
Treasures boarded for years.
The judges face was, n'study,
The %strangest yon'ever saw,
As he cleared his throat and murmured
Something about the law.
For ONO so learned in such matters,
So wise in dealing. with men,
lie seemed, on a simple question,
Sorely puzzled just then.
But no one blamed him or wondered,
When at last these words were heard:
"The sentence of this young prisoner
Is for the present deferred "
And no one blamed him or wondered,
When he went to her and smiled,
And tenderly led from the court room,
Himself, the guilty child!
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BRIDGE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
~ County Commissioners Of York county
will meet at THOMPSON'S MILL, on Crowd
er's Creek, on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER2, 1887,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. The object of the meet
ing is to let out to the lowest bidder, THE
BUILDING OLA NEW BRIDGE across the
said creek at that place. The contractor will
be required to give bond with two good sure
ties, in double the amount of bid, for the
faithful performance of the contract. Plans
and Specifications can be examined at the office
in Yorkville, and also at Thompson's Mill, on
day and date above mentioned. The Commits
sioners reserve the right to reject any and all
bids.
By order of the Board.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
August 3 81 st
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Konlx Eonnfu

WHEREAS JOHN w. SIMRIL has applied
w to me for Letters Of Administration on
all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and credits ofJAMES L.. BIGGER, late Of the
county aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear beforeme, at our
next Probate Court for the said county, to be
holden at York Court House, on THURSDAY,
the 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D., 1887, at II
o'clock, A. NJ, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this Goth day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and in
the 10Th year of American Independence.
JAMES r. KENNEDY,
Probate Judge.
August 3 81 ct .
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York County.

WHEREAS JOHN w. SIMRIL has applied
w to me for Letters of Administration on
all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and credits of JOHN MCDOWELL BIGGER,
late of the county aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
sarr n ueeeI Pro5,a TO 1 Go anu fa app pear c nen1ae me- 49, h az
holden at York Court House. on THURSDAY,
the 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D., 1887, at II
o'clock, A. NJ, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this End day of
August, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and in
the 18th year Of American Independence.
JAMES R. KENNEDY,
Probate Judge.
August 3 81 2t
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~"And will you let me 60 away with
out an answer, dear? ?" he said, gently,
though his heart was %throbbing. double
thrObs.
ut is all so strange and unexpected,
George" The. words came soft and low.
off sometimes in my dreams the though?
has come that you might some day call
All ! dear, you must read your an
swer in my eyes,"
And the answer read, "I'll not let you
get away"
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TIE REVISED VERs13N.-"Yes, chill
dren,n said Mr.. De Baggs, addressing a
Chicago Sunday school,, Eyes, children,
wrong doing is always punished, either
in this world or in the next. R~etrlbutlon
may be long in comings but it is sure 70
come at last. You yourself, when you
grow older in years and experience, VIII
learn how true the lines OF Shakespeare
are: "
.The mills of the gods grind slowly,
= Bntsthey get there just the same
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BRIDGE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of
~ County Commissioner of York county
will meet at McKENZIE'S MILL, Oh Crowd
er's Creek, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
lst, 1887, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. The object of
the meeting is to let out to the lowest bidder,
THE BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE
across said creek at that place. The contractor
will be required to give bono with two good
%sureties, in double the amount of bid, for the
faithful performance of the contract. Plans and
specifications can be examined at the office in
Yorkville, and also at McKenzie's Mill, OH day
and date above mentioned. The Commission
ers reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board.
JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk.
August 8 81 st
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PAID FOR HIS DINNER.-Lovers of dogs
will be interested in the following true
story: A lady was visiting friends at the
seaside where there was a fine dog whose
master was in the habit of giving him
money every day to buy meat for dinner
from the butchers cart. The lady admir-
ing the handsome, intelligent animal,
called him to her as she sat at breakfast,
and fed him from her plate. The dog at
once went to his master, and, standing on
his hind legs, paved and scratched at the
gentleman's br~east-pocket. At first the
master failed to understand, and ordered
him away; but, the creature persisting, he
finally said, "Well, I do believe he wants
his money" and offered him a coin, which
the dog instantly took, and, trotting up to
the friendly visitor, deposited it in her
lap, with a wag of his tail and a look
which seemed to say, 81 always pay the
butcher, and why not you?"
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A NAMELESS CASE.

My case has been n very curious one for about thlr
teen years. At intervals Of about one week | would
be attacked with spells of severe and most excrueia-
ting pain, always commencing In the region of my
kidneys. The pain would then 60 upwards and affect
my body and HEAD, and seemed to penetrate my very
~eye-balls, creating the most Intense suffering, lasting
about eight hours each spell.
resorted to all kinds of medicine without benefit.
Several doctors treated my case, but none gave relief.
/ finally used B. B. B. as an experiment, and to my
utter establishment all pain and suffering vanished
after using three doses. To the present time | have
used three bottles, and not n pain has ever returned.
I do not know what was the matter, neither could
my physician name the complaint. The b. Is. Is.
ssted finely and powerfully upon my kidneys my
appetite has been splendid and my constitrt'on bnis
up rapidly. THOMAS,
Constitution, Ga, May 6, 1886.